Procurement Specialist

Who are we :

We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement.

We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 850 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector – agriculture!

Learn more here :   https : / / www.thewengergroup.com

What your day looks like :

The Procurement Specialist position is designed to support Nutrify's operations. This role is responsible for supporting the purchasing team with daily checks and reconciliations to ensure the accuracy of information, being transacted through the systems.  The day-to-day responsibilities of this position will be comprised of working closely with grain and ingredient suppliers, the Buying team, and the Accounts Payable team to ensure payments for grain / ingredients are being correctly processed. In addition to the day-to-day responsibilities, the Procurement Administrator will also be asked to analyze data and create reports to aid the team’s purchasing strategies. This position will be involved in developing new business processes and improving those already in place. The Procurement Administrator must have an analytical mindset and must be able to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.

May be responsible for all or part of the following duties and responsibilities :

• Review daily reports to ensure accuracy of inventory and receipt information.
• Match supplier invoices and work with Accounts Payable to ensure timely payment of vendor invoices.
• Assist vendors with the vendor approval / registration process.
• Establish and maintain buyer and supplier relationships by serving as a single point of contact for contractual matters.
• Provide broad business support through analysis and reporting of financial and operational information.
• Generate detailed reporting for suppliers as requested.
• Document new and pre-existing business processes and policies.
• Identify improvements in the reporting process and contribute to the continued success of the business.
• Provide contract / receipt / payment related issue resolution, both internally and externally.
• Support the Purchasing and Nutrify teams with all administrative tasks.
• Coordinate and enter direct ship orders.
• Assist Logistics team with scheduling deliveries.
• Pull and file receipt paperwork as needed.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Who you are :

Ability to understand and work within a purchasing organization by understanding the main components of each area in the company

JD Edwards skills preferred

Flexibility to changing priorities.

Ability to communicate effectively internally and externally.

Must be able to work in a team environment.

In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks and numerous resources for professional development and team building :

What our benefits are :

For all full-time members :

Each team member has the potential to earn a yearly bonus based on the achievement of company goals.

The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.